February 17, 2020
Official selections for the 5th Annual Inwood Film Festival were announced tonight at Indian Road Café. Aaron Simms, Founder and Executive Producer of Inwood Art Works, led the ceremonies with a recap of the festival’s quantifiable accomplishments to date including: 3600+ visitors, 80 women and under-represented filmmakers, 50 volunteers, 44 world premiers, 42 unique programs, 38 screenings, 13 days of professional film, 12 student films presented, 5 educational seminars, and “1 vision achieved for celebrating and showcasing Inwood and its surrounding community through the moving image.”
He then recited the festival program (which begins Friday, March 13, 2020, and runs all weekend) and recognized the filmakers behind the selected works, many of whom were in attendance. The film festival will return to the Campbell Sports Center located in Inwood at 218th Street and Broadway where it has been held since 2017. Tonight’s event was hosted by Indian Road Café which provided complementary drinks and snacks for the assembled cineastes. Buy tickets here.
Maria Torres, Neighborhood Artist; Steven Burneson and Kristin Macomber, Don’t Blink Twice; Tom Bosco, owner Indian Road Café.
Henry Dominguez and Charlie Gomez, A La Mode; Cristobal Vivar, Ydanisville; Aaron Simms, Founder and Executive Producer, Inwood Art Works.
Film List for 2020 Inwood Film Festival
A La Mode (student film)
Director: Charlie Gomez
ANYA
Director: Carylanna Taylor and Jacob Akira Okada
Con Dios (student film)
Director: Anthony Rojas
Cultivate (student film)
Director: Alex Baglio
Dancy Nancy
Director: Miguel Mercado
Desert Shadows (student film)
Director: Robin Zerbe
Don’t Blink Twice
Director: Steven Burneson and Kristen Macomber
Fran Gil, Notario/P.I.
Director: Victor Yanik
Kimchi Taco (student film)
Director: Serán Kim
Layers of a Baker
Director: Carla Franchesca
Little Italy, Los Angeles: Un Taglio all’Italiana
Director: Adriano Valentini
Maria Torres: Neighborhood Artist
Director: Davis Hall
Murmur
Director: Sabrina Seidner
Nevertheless
Director: KarynRose Bruyning
Not So Hilarious Anymore
Director: Adam Karsten
Nourishing Japan
Director: Alexis Agliano Sanborn
Roaming the Ruins (student film)
Director: Vivien McNab
Sometimes Why
Director: Dileepan Ganesan
The First Time I Saw You
Director: Dylan Scott Tuccillo
The Meditater
Director: Justin Giegerich
The Replacement
Director: Michael Pizzano
Tubby Hook
Director: Nelson Estevez and Nell Teare
Tumbling Towards Home
Director: Imelda O’Reilly
Without a Scratch (student film)
Director: Samantha Farinella
Ydanisville
Director: Cristobal Vivar
In addition to the film screenings, the IFF will be hosting 3 seminars: Sound Design for Documentary Filmmaking, Filmmaking A to Z and Digital Animation for Kids. Film Festival attendees and filmmakers will have the opportunity to connect before and after screenings in the Red-Carpet Community Room and through post feature conversations after select screenings.
The festival kicks off on Friday, March 13th with an opening night benefit featuring a special presentation of the Past, Present, and Future of the Inwood Film Festival, screening of award-winning shorts from previous years, an exclusive preview of our 5th
anniversary festival, special guest interviews with the inaugural Inwood Filmmaker Fund grantees, and a special “state of the arts address” with a look to the future of the arts in Inwood with a special announcement from Inwood Art Works.
Tickets for the opening night benefit ($85 – $125), Festival Passes ($50), Single Tickets ($15) and Seminar Tickets/Sign-Up are now available online. A special discount promo code for local students is available with proof of current, valid student ID emailed to info@inwoodartworks.nyc.
For more information on the Inwood Film Festival please visit Inwood Art Works and follow Inwood Art Works on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @InwoodArtWorks.
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